October 2020
Ethan Goffman
goffmane@yahoo.com
goffmane@yahoo.com
Bio Note: Many of my poems are inspired by conversations with my wife, or begin as a weird thought.
I write best when I’m inspired, and am not one of those “write every day” types. Besides poetry, I love jazz,
tennis, and boardgames. My first volume of poetry, Words for Things Left Unsaid, is just out from Kelsay
Books—I’m looking forward to the end of quarantine, when I can read from it live!
Armstrong on the Moon
They say it was Neil,
but I know better.
It was Louis
playing his golden trumpet
to the cosmos.
Louis’ face gazes down
from the moon.
He sings a paean,
skies of blue, clouds curly white—
searing joy
that echoes on a million stereos,
a million streaming downloads—
to this wonderful world
©2020 Ethan Goffman
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